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trifid

trifid adjective: divided into three lobes.

Adjective

trifid (not comparable)

  1. Divided into three lobes.
    • The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit.1850, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, page 1058

trifid meaning in Tamil

trifid in Tamil

முப்பிளவுள்ள

Origin of trifid

From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).

Words formed from trifid

Questions about trifid

What does trifid mean?
Trifid means divided into three lobes.
What is trifid in Tamil?
Trifid in Tamil is முப்பிளவுள்ள. See Trifid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trifid?
Trifid is an adjective.

Words near trifid in the dictionary

  1. triffidian
  2. triffidlike
  3. triffids
  4. triffis
  5. triffises
  6. trifid
  7. trifid cipher
  8. trifidate
  9. trifidly
  10. trifilar
  11. trifine

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